After Chavignol I could have talked about the famous Sancerre wine produced a few kilometres away but I decided to go for something a bit rarer. Back on the other side of the Loire River, Pouilly-Sur-Loire is widely known for its Pouilly Fumé. Completely forgotten and hard to come by is the Pouilly Chasselas. Only a handful of wine makers still produce this rare wine that is not to be found in shops. The bottle label usually only reads ‘Pouilly-sur-Loire’ with no other mention. One of the best places to get it is from the Domaine Masson-Blondelet (picture of the bottles above). It has to be said that my grandfather was a wine producer but I never got the taste for wine (or alcool in general). Nevertheless, I am always quite interested in what is grown and consumed locally when I visit a region.
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